487. Hardwar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.5% to 0.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 37.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.0% between them, down from 84.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 8.8% to 55.1%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.